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Old 09.07.2008
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Never been in a Class 8 truck with a rear view mirror, have seen a few with mirrors on both driver's and passenger's side......................
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UH.......yeah..
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Never been in a Class 8 truck with a rear view mirror, have seen a few with mirrors on both driver's and passenger's side......................
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Soo... those mirrors don't give a view to the rear? Interesting.

I had a case once, about 16 years ago, where the anchor pins on my spread sheared off as I was pulling into a truck stop in Missoula, MT. I'll see if I can dig up the pics. I had just picked the trailer up after the boss had the airbags replaced. You could see around the circumference of the pin where it had been cracked for quite some time. No way to see it on a pre-trip.
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Most likely, this was a case where lug nut were loose. The hub & bearings are intact but the drum is gone & the lug bolts are sheared off. Sometimes a trace of rust on a rim coming from a lug is a sign that the lug nut may be loose.
Don't forget to look for a small shiny area around the lugs as well...
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I know hard to tell when a trailer has necessarily been serviced last, but when truck or tlr gets serviced...........LOOK OUT........

Took my truck in for srvice last month for a violation DOT found under the truck........made a copy of the violation, gave it to the shop foreman
(and of course mt fault) rushing out for load when I left and did not look.
Shop did everything else but that. Thye pu on new tires/brakes/mud flaps/ filters and crap but not a VIOLATION REPAIR.

I looked the next day to find it hadn't been done.

Called maint. to get authorization to have repair made at a shop on the road and told me I should have had it done when it was in the day before!

It took alot of restraint to inform him his people failed tnd dropped the ball. Conversation drastically changed from that point.

MORAL.................ALEAYS CHECK BEHIND THE SHOP GUYS
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Soo... those mirrors don't give a view to the rear? Interesting.
Never found a mirror that gave me a view of the rear of the trailer, I have seen the camera systems.

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I know hard to tell when a trailer has necessarily been serviced last, but when truck or tlr gets serviced...........LOOK OUT.......
I agree...not sure if I posted this or not before. A while back, the transfer case on my truck broke. I had it fixed and it went down to my local HQ for a head to toe overhaul / looky loo. I got it back and I think 2 days later, I noticed a shiney area around a lug nut. I grabbed it and was able to easily unscrew it. I could have died right there from shock. I tried all the rest on the tractor and found 1 or 2 others that needed to be tightened.

Lol...then I had a heckuva time trying to figure out what to do. Felt stupid bringing the truck in somewhere to have the lugnuts tightened but I found a shop that had a national account with us and thats what I did. I dont think they charged....but jeesh.
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Never found a mirror that gave me a view of the rear of the trailer, I have seen the camera systems.

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That's not what you said in your original post. Nevermind. Trivialities.
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